This early 19th-century work by Qara Hafiz Efendi on Arabic
rhetoric (balaagha) is a commentary on Talkhis al-Miftah (The
summary of al-Miftah) by al-Khateeb al-Qizweeni (died 1338 [739 AH]). Talkhis al-Miftah was itself a
commentary on Miftah al-Uloom (The key to knowledge), by Abu Yaaqoob
as-Sikaki (died 1228 [626 AH]). Al-Qizweeni was a student of as-Sikaki, and
both men were important scholars of Arabic rhetoric. Efendi’s work also
contains excerpts from another work, a dictionary of language usage, figurative
speech, and simile by Abu l'Baqa al-Husseini al-Kufawi Al-Hanafi ...